Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.

I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.

Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,

Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.

Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.

Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.